Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo weather in March

In March, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 118 mm of rain across 15.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
118 mm
15.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
7:23 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°23421.113.23.8
Feb30° / 21°17118.112.83.9
Mar29° / 20°11815.712.24.6
Apr28° / 19°627.411.56.3
May25° / 16°676.810.97.4
Jun24° / 14°555.710.67.9
Jul25° / 14°434.510.78.2
Aug27° / 15°424.311.27.9
Sep28° / 17°848.211.96.5
Oct29° / 18°11411.912.55.2
Nov29° / 19°13713.513.14.8
Dec30° / 20°1731813.44.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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24852
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65050
75050
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo gets around 118 mm of rain over 15.7 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 51% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2643
2742
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3136

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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3118275212

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 7:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:177:47
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312.57:187:45
412.47:187:44
512.47:197:43
612.47:197:42
712.47:207:42
812.37:207:41
912.37:207:40
1012.37:217:39
1112.37:217:38
1212.37:227:37
1312.27:227:36
1412.27:227:35
1512.27:237:34
1612.27:237:33
1712.17:247:32
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1912.17:247:30
2012.17:257:29
2112.17:257:28
2212.07:267:27
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2512.07:277:24
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

In seasonPeak

In March, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jul 12UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (March, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1216 µg/m³Mar 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo?

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo sits at 22.9°S, 49.6°W, 472 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ourinhos, 26 km away.

Topography around Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 503 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 612 m.

The land around Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), trees (29%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
144 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
612 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Ourinhos 26 km · Piraju 41 km · Jacarezinho 45 km · Cambará 48 km · Cerqueira César 50 km · Fartura 56 km · Carlópolis 59 km · Palmital 61 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo (-22.8989°, -49.6325°, elevation 472 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).